In Oxford and other universities, to take part in a solemn disputation preparatory to graduation as master of arts. See determination, 12.
To fix the bounds of; mark off; settle; fix; establish.
To limit in space or extent; form the limits of; bound; shut in: as, yonder hill determines our view.
To ascertain or state definitely; make out; find out; settle; decide upon, as after consideration or investigation: as, to determine the species of an animal or a plant; to determine the height of a mountain, or the quantity of nitrogen in the atmosphere.
In logic, to explain or limit by adding differences.
To bring to a conclusion; put an end to; end.
Specifically—6. To find, as the solution of a problem; end, as a dispute, by judicial or other final decision: as, the court determined the cause.
To fix or settle definitely; make specific or certain; decide the state or character of.
To come to a definite intention in respect of; resolve on; decide: as, he determined to remain.
To give direction or tendency to; decide the course of: as, impulse may determine a moving body to this or that point.
To influence the choice of; cause to come to a conclusion or resolution: as, this circumstance determined him to the study of law.
Synonyms To limit.
To ascertain, find out.
To decide, conclude.
To induce, influence, lead.
To come to a decision or resolution; settle definitively on some line of conduct.
To come to a close; end; terminate.
To come to a determinate end in time; reach a fixed or definite limit; cease to exist or to be in force.